Madden NFL 11 Video Preview (Xbox Live)

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

They weren't the first ones to mention it. I was. No CB should be stone walling a TE.

The scary thing is someone at Tiburon thought that was cool. Just reminds me of how many times I've thought they just don't get it. There were things in the past where they'd seemingly be proud of something and would need to get clowned before they'd really get it. Last year with Pro-Tak was a perfect example; I really think a lot of the folks at Tiburon thought those rugby scrums were cool. Until they got clowned for them; then it changed up considerably before release. But still wasn't what it should be. And now the atrocious tackling/player interaction stands out even more

[GiantBlue76]

agree with Spank's last post.

Also, what's the over/under on whether that toe tap animation will trigger WAY too often and it will be the same one over and over again. Also, will the receiver ever NOT get his feet in? When you challenge it, will it clearly show him out of bounds and then over turn it? Same crap, different year. In EA's case, guilty until proven innocent. I'm tired of having to say, "it's better". When am I going to say, "wow, that is awesome!". Still no real pocket, still bad player interaction. Seriously, someone from CD please buy them a copy of NFL 2k5 and have them sit down and play it for an entire day.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

They weren't the first ones to mention it. I was. No CB should be stone walling a TE.

Agree.
Also just once I'd like to see a DE bullrush and/or just blow past his blocker on the OUTSIDE. At 1:03 ...there's no way a DE continues to rush straight towards where the QB USED TO BE once the QB rolls out. The DE should be cutting to the outside when the QB does.

[Palo20]

Yes please, I beg of the Madden team to fix the overpowered bump animations. Please just listen to LB.

[GiantBlue76]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Agree. Also just once I'd like to see a DE bullrush and/or just blow past his blocker on the OUTSIDE. At 1:03 ...there's no way a DE continues to rush straight towards where the QB USED TO BE once the QB rolls out. The DE should be cutting to the outside when the QB does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f14N2WkG1M0

It's frustrating to see these differences. Once again, basic football is ignored so we can have moving hand towels and scratches on facemasks.

[Afrikan]

even though it happened to one of my 9ers, I like the single arm miss tackle in 9ers vs SeaChickens portion....

I didn't like what how Aaron Rodgers was able to get a perfect pass while getting hit...I hope they will be able to get rid of stuff like that...I hated it in Madden 10...very frustrating.

[TreyIM2]

Personally, I thought the footage of the game looked pretty good. Dunno if it was the angles or what but LOVED the Henne rollout and the back of the endzone toe-tap catch was BEAUTIFUL. The rollout then throw on the move looked really organic, natural and realistic, for once. I don't get some of the comments about the animation looking "sloppy". What type of hate sauce is that??

Liked the missed tackle animation during the Seattle footage by #98.

The run up the middle by Brown was nice but I absolutely was crazy about the run play by #25 of the Packers. The run animation looks like it finally where it needs to be.

The only issue I had was definitely that CB jam on that TE in the Giants/GB footage. Just didn't look right, and yes, that TE should be able to toss that lil CB like bowl of rice.

I'm back to being a bit more excited about Madden 11 but I'm also still concerned about the lighting. Doesn't sound like EA could update it ala NCAA 11 style based on a tweet from Ian I read yesterday. Sounded like he was pretty enamored by NCAA's lighting (and presentation) but didn't mention that Madden 11 would match it. I at least hope they got in the progressive lighting that they couldn't get into Madden 10.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrikan

even though it happened to one of my 9ers, I like the single arm miss tackle in 9ers vs SeaChickens portion.... I didn't like what how Aaron Rodgers was able to get a perfect pass while getting hit...I hope they will be able to get rid of stuff like that...I hated it in Madden 10...very frustrating.

Maybe I had a different copy of 10 then you did.

Once Rodgers went back and was in a sack animation in 10, 9 times out 10, the ball came squirting out like a duck.

I was happy to see a perfect pass with Rodgers falling down. Happens once in a while on Sunday, too.